Between 1964 and 1966, Andy Warhol created nearly 500 "screen tests" -- s
hort, silent, filmed portraits of the famous and unknown personalities who made their way through the Factory. In 2008, the Andy Warhol Museum and Pittsburgh Cultural Trust commissioned the dreamy folk-rock duo of Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips (former members of indie-pop band Luna) to provide music for 13 of these silent clips and perform the songs as part of a live, multimedia presentation of the shorts"
What we have here is an album that sounds like a dream mixtape. Dean has taken the shoegaze from former band Galaxie 500 for the stellar "Teenage Lightning and Lonely Highyways," Casio electronica for "Ann Buchanan Theme" and old-blues for "Herringbone Tweed." The vocals of Britta on "I'll Keep it With Mine" are sugar-sweet and she contributes more across many tracks. Overall, the styles flutter around to give you an act that sound like 13 different bands in one stunning little package.
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